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Topic: 2012-09-07 forbes.com - BitInstant To Romney Camp: 'We'll Convert $1,000,000 USD - page 2. (Read 2987 times)

donator
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Lol, Erik's a shameless self promoting attention whore and long may it last. I miss the days of classy publicity stunts, hope the SS don't come looking for his secret keys with rubber gloves on is all Smiley
+1, we need some more james bond level publicity stunts, like at least 5 more.
legendary
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The Bitinstant guys are helping Romney by offering this.  I am sure they will expect a seat in his administration for this if he wins.
It is a very nice gesture, unless the entire thing turned out to be a hoax.  If true, it's a godsend to them. 

But how bad does it sound, to introduce bitcoin to them for most likely the first time, and they have to shell out $1M to pay off a ransom, and a bitcoin company is offering to waive the fee for converting the ransom money?  lmao
vip
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The Bitinstant guys are helping Romney by offering this.  I am sure they will expect a seat in his administration for this if he wins.
sr. member
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The publicity stunt is funny, but how does BitInstant know that it won't attract unwanted heat from the Secret Service?  Shocked

Maybe they're confident the tax returns haven't really been stolen, and that Romney knows they haven't, so they're not in danger of actually having to do the deal.

I think the ransom thing is a fake.  I guess we'll see.  Either way, publicity for Bitcoin!
sr. member
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The publicity stunt is funny, but how does BitInstant know that it won't attract unwanted heat from the Secret Service?  Shocked
legendary
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Not our usual Forbes  correspondent!

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BitInstant To Romney Camp: 'We'll Convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoin For Free.'


Abe Garver
2012-09-07

http://www.forbes.com/sites/abegarver/2012/09/07/bitinstant-to-romney-camp-well-convert-1000000-usd-to-bitcoin-for-free/

In what appears to be a publicity stunt, a Bitcoin transfer service has offered to waive its fee for Romney to convert $1,000,000 USD to Bitcoin for free.
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